Poop pic after worming

[Shelbysoobs]

My poor lavender Orpington hen Iris was/is in rough shape. I caught it somewhat early I guess because she hasn’t stopped eating or drinking but she lost a lot of feathers and stopped laying and had horrible diarrhea with some blood in it, minor Ascites and super red bald belly. I took her to the vet yesterday and he gave an ultrasound to see if we could identify any disease that would explain her symptoms, like cancer etc. He was worried about Mareks, because she had a mark on her belly that indicates she was spending a lot of time laying down, but no paralysis or clumsiness noticed. Inconclusive ultrasound. So the vet thinks Mareks, or a heavy molt from stress with worms.

I treated her for mites last week for the feather loss and noticed the diarrhea didn’t resolve so I brought my Valbazen with me to the vet because I suspected worms. We wormed with ivermectin orally and Valbazen as well, and her diarrhea is already resolved within 12 hours of appointment. Her belly is still SUPER red though and she is still shedding feathers quite frequently. I also am putting Corid in her water for the blood that was visible in her diarrhea (3 in a row at vet were bloody). But her poop is healthy now albeit a bit green.

Would you be worried about her still? Would you be concerned about Mareks if the worming protocol seemed to help her a lot? And what about her super red belly?

 

[Chicken_Obsesser]

@Eggcessive @Wyorp Rock

 

[Eggcessive]

How old is she? Do you have any pictures of her? Can you describe any symptoms she is having? Is she having trouble walking? Did the vet test for worms, or have you seen any? Could she be molting? Have you checked for lice and mites? Red breast blisters can be common in hens who spend a lot of time on their roosts or lying on damp bedding. It can be a sign of bacterial arthritis if they have swollen joints.

 

[Shelbysoobs]

How old is she? Do you have any pictures of her? Can you describe any symptoms she is having? Is she having trouble walking? Did the vet test for worms, or have you seen any? Could she be molting? Have you checked for lice and mites? Red breast blisters can be common in hens who spend a lot of time on their roosts or lying on damp bedding. It can be a sign of bacterial arthritis if they have swollen joints.

She is between 1 1/2 and 2, I don’t know her hatch date and bought her as a laying pullet that was almost hen age. She was done growing. No trouble walking, just choosing to rest a lot but also is in a hen hospital / brooder to recover! She was walking back and forth and clucking obnoxiously when I checked in on her. I was considering giving her an oral syringe of Nutri Drench and she saw the syringe and started acting fiesty. I didn’t give her the syringe yet. Vet didn’t notice lice or mites, and the fecal test he did was clear but he tried to scrape diarrhea into the test tube so he thought treating for worms was still an appropriate option to “treat the low hanging fruit” so to speak. He said I could bring her back for a repeat ultrasound if she has a slow growing reproductive disease. He noted inflammation of the oviduct. He didn’t think antibiotics were appropriate yet but maybe in a week we could try them. All my other birds finished their molt and she and her sister did not molt in the fall so I figured she wasn’t going to start until next fall based on age. I guess it could be a stress molt. Her sister looks a little rough too but not as bad. When Iris walks her feathers fall out. She is so bare! I see lots of pin feathers coming in, so I guess it could be a stress molt since she is unwell..

I asked about internal laying and the ascites and the vet said no absence of eggs makes more sense than internal laying. She was laying regularly through the entire winter and stopped about two weeks ago.

I did elector PSP last week and permethrin poultry dust yesterday.

 

[Wyorp Rock]

Looks like she's molting to me.

The redness under the vent is due to some feather plucking, it's no uncommon to see skin like that when it's bare with no feathers. I see a few pin feathers coming in on her bum, but some are broken, so those may fall on out and be replaced since she seems to be in molt.

Do you have photos of the poop with blood?

I'd put her with her flock is she's not getting picked on and is alert, able to eat/drink on her own. Apply a little NuStock cream to her bare bum to help deter some of the picking.

See that she's eating a nutritionally balanced poultry feed and drinking well. You can give her a little extra protein a few times a week to help her through molt (eggs, fish, meat).

 

[Shelbysoobs]

Looks like she's molting to me.

The redness under the vent is due to some feather plucking, it's no uncommon to see skin like that when it's bare with no feathers. I see a few pin feathers coming in on her bum, but some are broken, so those may fall on out and be replaced since she seems to be in molt.

Do you have photos of the poop with blood?

I'd put her with her flock is she's not getting picked on and is alert, able to eat/drink on her own. Apply a little NuStock cream to her bare bum to help deter some of the picking.

See that she's eating a nutritionally balanced poultry feed and drinking well. You can give her a little extra protein a few times a week to help her through molt (eggs, fish, meat).

I did not take a pic of the poop because I was more focused on showing the vet (she pooped on the floor in his exam room several times), I wish I did take the pic!! My other flock at my dads property had a foamy poop but they are already on day 4 of Corid as a preventative treatment, because I think my 20 week old pullet that died last week from the other flock probably had coccidiosis since deworming didn’t bring improvement.